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Ancient Coptic books are said to be found still in Upper Egypt , but no Copt
understands them ; and the Rosetta stone , we suspect , is still little less
mysterious than it was on the day of its arrival in England . The simplicity of the
peasants ...
Ancient Coptic books are said to be found still in Upper Egypt , but no Copt
understands them ; and the Rosetta stone , we suspect , is still little less
mysterious than it was on the day of its arrival in England . The simplicity of the
peasants ...
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We caunot be surprized , therefore , after what we have just seen , that the
natives of Philæ should appear to our travellers less civilized than their
neighbours . The few days passed by Mr . Legh at Essouan were employed in
visiting the ...
We caunot be surprized , therefore , after what we have just seen , that the
natives of Philæ should appear to our travellers less civilized than their
neighbours . The few days passed by Mr . Legh at Essouan were employed in
visiting the ...
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... with all the improvements of two thousand years , and with instruments capable
of observing the measure of an arc to the 3600th part of a degree , differing in
their calculations of the latitude of this well at Syene , no less than 40 minutes , or
...
... with all the improvements of two thousand years , and with instruments capable
of observing the measure of an arc to the 3600th part of a degree , differing in
their calculations of the latitude of this well at Syene , no less than 40 minutes , or
...
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The proposal of Alexander ' s architect to cut Mount Athos into a statue of that
conqueror , however extravagant it may appear to us , would be less so to him
who designed and superintended the execution of the temples , tombs and
statues of ...
The proposal of Alexander ' s architect to cut Mount Athos into a statue of that
conqueror , however extravagant it may appear to us , would be less so to him
who designed and superintended the execution of the temples , tombs and
statues of ...
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We have not noticed the particulars of the political lenets which Mr . Phillips has
professed , or now professes ; bad as they may be , they can do no harm till his
style shall become more intelligible and his character less ambiguous . Ant . III .
We have not noticed the particulars of the political lenets which Mr . Phillips has
professed , or now professes ; bad as they may be , they can do no harm till his
style shall become more intelligible and his character less ambiguous . Ant . III .
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| Título | The Quarterly Review, Volumen16 |
| Colaboradores | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Editor | John Murray, 1817 |
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